Appeal No. 2000-2188 Page 7
Application No. 09/063,050
the clock signal may be generated by a clock signal generator
such as a “synchronous semiconductor” that provides its signal to
(communicates with) the claimed synchronized boosted voltage
generator.
In view of the above and in light of the specification as a
whole, we find that the externally applied clock signal received
from a clock signal generator communicating with the voltage
generator is sufficiently defined and would reasonably apprise
those skilled in the art of the scope of this limitation.
Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejection of claims 7 and 8
under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
Turning to the 35 U.S.C. § 102 rejection of claims 1 and 4,
we note that the focus of Appellants’ arguments is that the
admitted prior art does not disclose or suggest the claimed
“externally applied clock signal” since the signal is derived
from internal oscillator 10 (oral hearing, brief, page 8 and
reply brief, page 4). Appellants further point out that the
signal OSC is generated by the internal oscillator which is part
of and internal to the voltage generator of Figure 1. Appellants
argue that the output of an internal oscillator is not a clock
signal that is externally applied (oral hearing and brief, page
9). Appellants further argue that the Examiner did not make the
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007